July 18, 2017 5:08 PM

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Ailing PoK resident to get visa, as region integral part of India: Sushma Swaraj

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj today waived the condition of a letter from Pakistan's Foreign Adviser Sartaj Aziz for an ailing Pakistan occupied Kashmir, PoK resident to get a visa. <br/><br/>Ms Swaraj said, the patient would be allowed to come India as PoK is an integral part of the country and the region has been illegally occupied by Pakistan. <br/><br/>Osama Ali, a 24-year old resident of Rawalkot in PoK, has been diagnosed with a tumour in his liver and wants to seek treatment in Delhi.<br/><br/>The Minister said, Government is giving visa and no letter is required. <br/><br/>Ali's family has appealed to Ms Swaraj to revoke the requirement of a letter from Aziz for a medical emergency<br/>visa. <br/><br/>On July 10, Swaraj had reiterated the need for a letter by Aziz and expressed dismay over the lack of courtesy shown<br/>by her Pakistani counterpart, who she said had not even acknowledged her personal letter requesting for a Pakistani<br/>visa for Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother. <br/><br/>However, she assured Aziz that any Pakistani national seeking a medical visa to travel to India with his recommendation would be given one immediately.<br/><br/>In a series of tweets, Swaraj had said, she had her sympathies for all Pakistan nationals seeking medical visa for<br/>their treatment in India. All that required is recommendation for the grant of medical visa to Pakistan nationals.<br/><br/>She said, a visa application was pending for Indian national Avantika Jadhav who wants to meet her son in Pakistan. Ms Swaraj had wrote a personal letter to Mr Aziz for the grant of her visa to Pakistan. However, Mr Aziz has not shown the courtesy even to acknowledge her letter.<br/><br/>Kulbhusan Jadhav, was allegedly arrested by Pakistan in the restive Balochistan province last year. He has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of espionage and terrorism.

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